Kofta Recipe Ingredients for Four People


    1lb/450gm lean minced lamb
    One medium onion grated or whizzed in a food processor
    4 fat cloves of garlic - crushed
    3oz/75g wholemeal breadcrumbs (you can use white if preferred)
    1 teasp ground ginger or 2" fresh peeled and finely grated
    3-4 dried chilli's and 2 teasp cumin seeds ground in a pestle and mortar
    Juice of a lemon
    1 flat teasp ground cinnamon
    A handfull of fresh coriander, chopped
    Salt and black pepper to taste
    Olive oil for covering the oven tray

For the Couscous

    1 tablesp extra virgin olive oil
    1 small onion, finely chopped
    1/2 red pepper cut into fine dice
    4 tablesp pine nuts, toasted
    Juice and zest of 1 small lemon
    Handful of fresh coriander chopped
    1 teasp tomato puree
    9oz/250g couscous
    Just under 1/2 pint/250ml boiling water
    Salt and black pepper to taste




Kofta Recipe Method

    Put all of the kofta ball ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly until evenly combined
    Evenly cover a large baking/roasting tray with the olive oil.
    Scoop out a little of the mixture and using your hands form into a ball approximately an inch 
    in diameter and place on the oiled tray.
    Repeat this until you have used all of the mixture, making sure the balls are about an inch apart.
    Put on the middle shelf of a pre heated oven at 180ºc/375ºf for 30 minutes.
    While these are cooking, prepare the couscous.
    Put the couscous into bowl and add a little salt and pepper, then pour over the boiling water.
    Allow to stand for a few minutes while the grains absorb the water. 
    In a medium fry pan heat the olive oil and saute the onion and red pepper over a medium heat until 
    soft and golden.
    Take a fork and fluff up the couscous, then add the onion and red pepper mixture, pine nuts, lemon 
    juice and zest, coriander and tomato puree. 
    Mix well together and check seasoning.
    When the koftas are ready take them out of the oven.
    When ready to serve either arrange the kofta's and the couscous on individual plates garnished with 
    fresh coriander and they go really well with our tzatziki recipe
    For a dinner party or a special occasion we use one of these pretty tagines to serve this recipe 
    with the couscous on the base and the kofta's on top.



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